Part I: Several years ago, I went on a day-long vision quest with my friend Roy and a small group of eager participants that he had put together for a day in the woods. The focus of the day was as it is typical for such events—to deepen our connection to nature and, in so doing, re-aligning and re-connecting to ourselves—as we are also nature. We also were to look for gifts from the four directions, both in symbols, messages, and actual 3D medicine pieces that could be used back home for healing. In the early morning and on empty stomachs, after a night of camping, the members of the small group all went off in different directions, with the instructions to be back by

We became autonomous beings the moment we were disconnected from our Mother’s umbilical cord and took our FIRST breath. Our last action as that same autonomous being is when we breathe our LAST breath. Breath is the most vital element of simply BE-ing, not just autonomous but alive, as we are virtually breathed into and out of existence. When we take that first in breath, the oxygen passes down the bronchial tubes to the lungs for the first time. The body at this point knows exactly what is required to live and sustain itself. After the lungs absorb the Oxygen, it enters the blood stream, where it is carried to the heart and is pumped throughout the body to provide its cleansing life force energy,

One of the first things that I realized that was really important when embarking on a career path as a healer or spiritual coach was to quickly build trust and rapport with the Client. I was lucky to have had a lot of experience with understanding that everybody’s need in that respect is different. I had volunteered for 20 years as a Hospice bedside volunteer and with experience, had learnt to read the ‘Energy of the Room’. I noticed that I was making an internal energetic shift as I observed the different energy and body language of the patient whose room or bedside space I was entering. With all this bedside experience under my belt with thousands of interactions in such a mindful setting, I